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Hey Dan, at what angle the bench should be set when u do seated military presses? I know 90 degrees is killing the shoulders and i am not very mobile however i don`t want to turn it into a seated incline bench press either lol

Should be tilted back only 5-10 degrees. But one with no head rest will allow you to do them correctly. With a full head rest you need to basically either just do a steep incline or press behind the neck

A decent workaround for sested barbell overhead for people in a garage gym with only a flat bench and a rack next to a wall, is to put the bench at a very steep incline aginst the wall and floor (think I put mine at 80 degrees, can't be 90 because the bench won't be against the wall and floor and fail!) And set the safety pins to just under shoulder height, once your set up you'll have to lift the bar off the bars a little (maybe an inch or 2) to get in place, but then your good to go, you'll be able to hit full ROM and the bar will never hit the safeties.

Hit 102.5kg for 3 doing it this way, and it can be a little difficult to get the bar up those couple inches at first but you get used to it.
Better than not doing them though!

Another good home remedy is to put the bench in the rack to sit on, set the hooks behind you with a 4 foot long board (2" x 12" x 4') across at mid-upper back height (for a back support) and the pins just above the board. You then just press from the pins like you described. I saw this in one of the old Westside videos

Hey Dan, do you intend to update the log in the future? I had I great time reading about your training and are curious for more.
I'm following a workout routine inspired by your training right now!

I actually had a more recent log preparing for the WRPF European Championships that was this year. I don't have one currently though, as I'm not prepping for a meet at the moment. Soon enough though...
Thanks man